Hope & Prayers for Haiti...

In 1998 I had the honor and privilege to go on a missions trip to Haiti... My experience there changed my life forever... My heart goes out to the people of Haiti... Hope and continued prayers to the people of Haiti...

Playlist Pick: La Dessalinienne (Haiti National Anthem)

Thankful For: Life...

SCARED AWAY - Lyrics & Chords

I had a recent request for the lyrics & chords for my song, "Scared Away".
I was flattered to find out that it was for the purpose of being covering on YouTube.
TheJBMusicman, this is for you!
Enjoy!

Playlist Pick: Scared Away - Ron Irizarry
Thankful For: Friends on the world wide web!

Music, music, music...

Here's some quick music snippets of some acoustic songs I just recorded.
Hope you enjoy!

URBAN FLATS TONIGHT!!! 11.12.09

Playlist Pick: Fireflies - Owl City
Thankful For: Weather cooling down here in Orlando finally! Woo hoo!!!

This Owl City song is growing on me. Never was a big fan of the emo male vocal fad, but really like this song, and the video is really cool to. Congrats to Adam Young for all his success!

Well, the weather is cooling down here in Central Florida, and it's starting to feel life Fall! Gigging at Urban Flats tonight at Towers of Waterford Lakes here in Orlando. Ladies drink free from 10PM to 12AM, so come on out for some really great food, fun, and music!

Have a great day all & hope to see you soon!

Cheers!!!

LIVE MUSIC W/ RON IRIZARRY THIS WEEK NOV. 12TH-14TH

Playlist Pick: Untouchable - Luna Halo
Thankful For: My parents meeting years ago on this day, getting married, and giving me the opportunity of life...

NEW MUSIC MONDAY | RON IRIZARRY | ACOUSTIC SESSIONS | 10.19.09

Here's a song from a little ways back. It was written in 2000 w/ my good friend Michael Tait of the Grammy winning group dcTalk and current lead singer of The Newsboys. We wrote it in the Fall/Winter of 2000, when he came down for a visit. The content is obvious, a run of the mill break-up song. Who doesn't go through breakups, right? It's about the lessons learned from them and how you can apply them to your life in a positive way that counts. We had a good time writing then demo-ing the tune. When I was touring the college circuit heavily I released a limited CD to the college market called "TWEAK" which included this song. It's currently out of print, but I may release it digitally in the future.

Here's the link for the studio version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFVh5dUoJM Listen for Michael Tait's background vocals. What a voice that guy has. I was blessed to have worked w/ him on this tune.

My good friend Chris Kirkpatrick from *NSYNC shopped me to every major label back then, and we had a meeting w/ Arista Records and LA Reid. We played this tune in the meeting and the A&R guy really dug the tune and said, "this could be your first singe!" Although the deal never solidified w/ Arista, it was a great validation that they dug the tune. I remember them telling me that they had to focus on a few new artists that they had just signed, then they would get to me. One of those newly signed artist's was Avril Lavigne.

Enjoy the tune...

Playlist Pick: Too Late - Ron Irizarry
Thankful For: God's Love, I know his love is real & is always with me...

NEW MUSIC MONDAY | RON IRIZARRY | ACOUSTIC SESSIONS | 10.12.09

I wrote this song thinking about the vulnerability of men in relationships and how I was raised to believe what I believe in respect to it all. In society one message given to men growing up is that they are the ones to be in charge, handle everything, take care of everything. The truth is we are all human and need the support and assistance of other human beings in our lives. This song speaks of that vulnerability which in my opinion is much more powerful than any physical, mental, or emotional force. I'll leave you with that to ponder, hope you enjoy the song...

Playlist Pick: Wonderful - Ron Irizarry
Thankful For: Just being alive man, it's great to be ALIVE!!!